25 of the best dog pictures on Instagram

This is why Photobox decided to launch its inaugural Photobox Instagram Photography Awards, to find some of the best images on the app.

Having received over 180,000 entries - 5,000 of them being of dogs - Photobox has now whittled these down to a shortlist and the winner will be announced on October 3.

Rory Scott of Photobox said in a statement: “From snapping our supper to capturing our canine friends, most of us like to test our everyday photography skills on Instagram. But being such a popular site, we often miss out on some of the truly stunning photography on our feeds."